U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
December 4-5, 2018
Welcome to our December 4-5, 2018 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World. With 1,550+ lots, this auction features properties of various owners including George V. Shalimoff’s award winning collections of Russia, M.C. Gilhausen’s Germany and Colonies, David Mace’s collections of China, Chinese Provinces as well as Foreign Offices. Our December sale is well represented with solid United States, South America, Asia, Great Britain and British Commonwealth and rest of the world. As always, there are 150+ large lots and collections, many offered intact, with individual country collections, worldwide accumulations in cartons, exotic flight covers, topicals, including a substantial collection of Boy Scouts on Stamps, plus many others. Browse the entire sale at www.cherrystoneauctions.com. A limited number of printed catalogues are available upon request.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #4891 ITALY Flight Covers 1925 (27 Sep) Como to Bellagio flight card (creases), franked with 2x10c, with departure and arrival pmks, ex-Joffe  | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #4892 ITALY Flight Covers 1926 (16 Dec) flown cover from Palermo to Rome, attractively franked with six different stamps, including 5L gray green, v.f., with arrival pmk | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4893 ITALY Flight Covers 1926 (7 Apr) trial flight Palermo to Genova (SANA), cover (pre-printed "Primo Volo Inaugurale Genova - Roma - Napoli - Palermo"), franked with 1L and 60c, carried by pilot and canceled on arrival in Genova, fine and scarce item, with penciled explanation on back | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #4894 ITALY Flight Covers 1927 (29 Mar) special S.I.S.A. (Societa Italiana Servizi Aerei) postal card flown from Trieste to Vienna, faint toning, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #4895 ITALY Flight Covers 1928 (20 Apr) first flight cover from Rome to Brindisi (21 Apr) to Valona, Albania, with 21 April arrival and carried on the return flight from Valona to Brindisi and Rome, 80c on 1L with minor perf. flaws, otherwise fine and scarce flight | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4896 ITALY Flight Covers 1928 (22 Apr) first flight cover from Cagliari-Terranova Pausania-Rome-Ostia Mare, franked with 80c on 1L (C11 $875 on cover),"Posta Aerea" handstamp used as cancel, with departure cds alongside, v.f. Sam Bayer cover, signed Boris Joffe | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4897 ITALY Flight Covers 1929 (10 July) cover with special cachet commemorating the arrival of "Pathfinder" (Williams and Yancey) Rome, v.f., scarce, ex-Joffe | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4898 ITALY Flight Covers 1930 (23 July) two first flight covers Venezia-Firenze, one with additional "Venezia-Correpondenze E Pacchi - Posta Aerea" cachet, each with arrival pmk, v.f., signed Boris Joffe | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4899 ITALY Flight Covers 1930 (23 July) two first flight covers Rome-Firenze, one canceled Roma Centro 22.7.30 and 23.7.30, each with arrival pmk, fine-v.f., signed Boris Joffe, only 6 pieces of mail carried | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #4900 ITALY Flight Covers 1930 (9 Aug) three first flight covers Venezia-Firenze, Firenze-Venezia and Firenze-Roma, one with "Venezia-Correpondenze E Pacchi - Posta Aerea" cachet, signed Boris Joffe, v.f., with arrival pmks | Price Realized $350.00 |
